Ten years ago, Danish architect Jørn Utzon passed away

Copenhagen/Prague - The immortal monument in the form of the opera house in Sydney, Australia, was built by Danish architect and urban planner Jørn Utzon, who died ten years ago, on November 29, 2008. His Sydney Opera House became a symbol of avant-garde architecture after World War II. The building, which looked more like a huge abstract sculpture, opened the eyes of many young creators of the post-war world.

The opera, located near the harbor, looks like the taut sails of a beautiful yacht from a distance. A number of specialists worked with the author on the project, including acousticians, structural engineers, and scenographers. However, Utzon did not complete the work that began in the mid-1950s - he resigned from the final realization of the building in 1966, which was ceremonially opened in September 1973. Utzon only returned to Australia in 2003 for the prestigious Pritzker Prize, considered the highest honor in the world of architecture.

Utzon designed several other large buildings, including the parliament building in Kuwait and the Iranian state bank in Tehran. However, the opera house with its roof of white concrete sails, which seem to want to lift the entire structure into the air at any moment, overshadowed the rest of his work. In his native Denmark, several mainly family and apartment houses were constructed based on his designs, as well as a church in Bagsvaerd and exhibition spaces for the furniture company Paustian in Copenhagen.